AI Engineering - Power & Utilities Sector - Senior Manager - Consulting

About the role

EY is making significant investments in its AI & Data practice serving the Power & Utilities sector. The opportunity for a Senior Manager specializing in AI & Data for Power & Utilities is to help clients define their AI strategic vision and execute that vision to capitalize on future opportunities, scale for growth, and mitigate risk in highly regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex client engagements and translate strategic objectives into actionable AI and data roadmaps across generation, transmission, distribution, gas operations, and customer functions
• Guide clients through AI governance, Responsible AI, model risk management, and operating model design suited for regulated environments
• Serve as a sector and technology leader across AI, data platforms, GenAI, and Agentic AI use cases relevant to Power & Utilities
• Drive development of EY AI delivery assets, accelerators, and reusable frameworks for AI Engineering, MLOps, LLMOps, observability, and governance
• Representative Power & Utilities AI, GenAI, and Agentic AI focus areas may include: asset health, risk, and predictive maintenance for electric and gas infrastructure; outage prediction, storm response decision support, and restoration optimization; vegetation management analytics and inspection prioritization; grid and load forecasting, including DER, EV, and demand response impacts; capital planning analytics and risk-based investment prioritization; customer operations optimization and contact center copilots; regulatory analytics, including data request response and filing support; field workforce enablement using technician copilots and knowledge assistants; agentic AI workflows that orchestrate multi-step processes across utility systems with human-in-the-loop controls

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree required (4-year degree)
• 8–10 years of experience delivering AI, data, analytics, and GenAI solutions, ideally within Power & Utilities or other asset-intensive regulated industries
• 8–10 years of professional consulting experience delivering technology-enabled transformation programs
• Strong experience with AI engineering, data platforms, and scalable cloud-based analytics solutions
• Experience working with Agile delivery models
• Experience defining and implementing AI governance, lifecycle management, monitoring, and controls
• Hands-on familiarity with GenAI architectures such as retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), orchestration frameworks, and agent-based solutions
• Executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills

Skills and attributes for success

• A clear vision for how Power & Utilities will evolve through digital transformation and AI
• Strong expertise in designing and operationalizing responsible, explainable, and controlled AI in regulated environments
• Deep understanding of utility operations, asset lifecycles, safety culture, capital programs, and regulatory expectations
• Ability to lead large-scale engagements while building trusted executive relationships
• Strong technical fluency across AI, data, analytics, and GenAI patterns within enterprise environments
• Ability to translate technical concepts into business and operational value for executive and regulator-facing audiences